Tiki-tastic Graduation Celebration - May 2016 TR - Updated 2/9 - D-Luxe Burger and Ample Hills

GrumpyDad1974 · Jun 29, 2016

Please tell Kenny his Strickland Propane shirt is Awesome!!!

kadrachb · Jul 1, 2016

GrumpyDad1974 said:
Please tell Kenny his Strickland Propane shirt is Awesome!!!

Will do! He actually got the same compliment from a CM at BOG during lunch!

absolutmey · Jul 1, 2016

"And yes, if you were wondering what Kenny's shirt says, it's: My favorite Disney princess is my girlfriend.
And yes, I did buy it for him for Christmas.
And yes, I did make him wear it."

LOL!!!!

nilla · Jul 5, 2016

Prince Charming was STILL trying to fix Anastasia up with a man when we ate there in June. I can't imagine that's a fun job, since she doesn't really make it easy.

chunkymonkey · Jul 9, 2016

kadrachb said:
Donald was very impressed with me graduating, but prayed that I’d do well in graduate school! It was quite funny.

That's really cute! Great pics!

kadrachb said:
After this meet and greet, we get to go into one of my personal favorite gift shops… the big top shop! I absolutely love the smell of this place. We looked around a little bit, and then decided to go see Mickey’s Philharmagic! One of my favorite shows, it’s a must-do!

Me too! Love the Big Top store and Philharmagic! Although everytime I watch it I'm so tired I just close my eyes. But I love listening to the music!

kadrachb said:
Moral of the story: Next time you’re looking for a FP+ and its not on the app, go to the kiosk!

Good to know!

kadrachb said:
However, the 10-minute wait turned into a 35-minute wait (at least we were inside!), and we met Tink. I’ve never been a huge Tinkerbelle fan, and don’t follow her spin-off series. But the whole set up with Pixie dust and such is really cute before you meet her.

Not a huge tink fan myself but I do like her Meet n Greet although I feel like a giant next to her. I also like the color green so I like looking at tink merchandise although haven't bought anything really that is tink-specific.

kadrachb said:
Before going to the lobby we took our picture in front of the mural…

Cute pics!

kadrachb said:
I have to say I liked the dispenser better last year, this year we had to ladle it out which was kind of messy. But still delicious!

This looks like such a great dinner! I can't remember if we had a dispenser or ladle when we went there a few years ago I think it was the ladle. The soup is soooo good!

kadrachb said:
And yes, if you were wondering what Kenny's shirt says, it's: My favorite disney princess is my girlfriend.
And yes, I did buy it for him for christmas.
And yes, I did make him wear it.

Your dinner looks sooo yummy! Definitely a must-do for next time. And I love that t-shirt!! I wonder if they have one that says WIFE instead of girlfriend? I have to get it for DH. LOL[/QUOTE]

kadrachb · Jul 9, 2016

absolutmey said:
LOL!!!!

nilla said:
Prince Charming was STILL trying to fix Anastasia up with a man when we ate there in June. I can't imagine that's a fun job, since she doesn't really make it easy.

I mean anything easy in life isn't worth it... right? :rotfl:

Though she's probably still not worth it.

chunkymonkey said:
This looks like such a great dinner! I can't remember if we had a dispenser or ladle when we went there a few years ago I think it was the ladle. The soup is soooo good!

I sometimes dream about that soup. No one back home who has never been to WDW or eaten there understands my obsession. They're just like... "a cold... strawberry... soup? Um..."

chunkymonkey said:
Your dinner looks sooo yummy! Definitely a must-do for next time. And I love that t-shirt!! I wonder if they have one that says WIFE instead of girlfriend? I have to get it for DH. LOL

I got mine on Etsy - so they definitely have wife! Kenny wasn't overly excited when he opened that up for Christmas... but I definitely was! :jumping1:

kadrachb · Jul 18, 2016

Wrapping Up A Magical Day – Day 1 Part 4

After a LOOOONGGGG wait on the monorail (we were holding for a good 10 minutes), we were finally dropped off at MK! So we headed to the train station to make our way back to Ariel’s Grotto! :jumping1:

Thankfully the fastpass line wasn’t long.

When she saw my top, she got very excited! Actually started to recite the lyrics to the song! It was a very neat interaction, probably one of the best of the trip, next to the one with Tiana and Naveen. She ended up asking us “Whats a fire, and why does it burn?” And my answer was just: “Because it’s…. fire?”, the character attendant laughed and told me it was a good answer! :laughing:

Right after meeting Ariel, we stopped outside, and I made another FP+! This time for Winnie the Pooh.

Kenny took that while he waited for me….

So we rode Winnie the Pooh, and while waiting in the FP+ line, I actually got a 6th FP! It was for POTC from 9:45pm – 10:45pm. I was really starting to love using the app for FP+ now, even though it didn’t work earlier.

We then headed over to the castle for Celebrate the Magic (which I absolutely love), and Wishes (our second time seeing it!)

After Wishes we headed over to POTC – which we hadn’t been on since our first trip. It still creeps me out.

On our way out, to avoid crowds leaving we stopped in the gift shop. I got an adorable graduation Minnie plush (it’s so cute!), and I got my mom a navy blue hat with a embroider Minnie bow on it.

When we started to head out of the store, the MSEP was starting so we thought we might as well stick around to see it!

Once it passed us, we headed to the boats to get us back to the Poly – we were wiped out!

Sarahh1027 · Jul 19, 2016

kadrachb said:
She ended up asking us “Whats a fire, and why does it burn?” And my answer was just: “Because it’s…. fire?”, the character attendant laughed and told me it was a good answer!

Hahahaha that makes me so happy. Like duhh Ariel get with it!

kadrachb said:
Kenny took that while he waited for me….

That's actually a great pic! Go Kenny!

kadrachb said:
We then headed over to the castle for Celebrate the Magic (which I absolutely love), and Wishes (our second time seeing it!)

Celebrate the Magic is my fav!

kadrachb said:
I got an adorable graduation Minnie plush (it’s so cute!),

Ahhh! I bought this same Minnie for my friend's graduation!!

I also agree FP+ is awesome!! I definitely plan on taking advantage of it more on future trips to the World!

Sarahh1027 · Jul 19, 2016

OOOOO forgot to mention- I LOVEEE your pictures of Wishes! So bright and beautiful.

Also,

kadrachb said:
And yes, if you were wondering what Kenny's shirt says, it's: My favorite disney princess is my girlfriend.
And yes, I did buy it for him for christmas.
And yes, I did make him wear it.

That had me dyin laughing hahaha atta girl sista
And Kenny's definitely a trooper! But why wouldn't he be? The shirt is awesome!

DisneyJo · Jul 20, 2016

It looks like you're having an amazing trip

nilla · Jul 20, 2016

Awesome fireworks photos!

kadrachb · Jul 20, 2016

Sarahh1027 said:
Ahhh! I bought this same Minnie for my friend's graduation!!

She's just so adorable! I kinda hope they are still doing the Mickey and Stitch ones for when I graduate from grad school!

Sarahh1027 said:
I LOVEEE your pictures of Wishes! So bright and beautiful.

I think Kenny took them - when I saw them on the flashdrive he gave me I was amazed!

Sarahh1027 said:
That had me dyin laughing hahaha atta girl sista
And Kenny's definitely a trooper! But why wouldn't he be? The shirt is awesome!

I know. I'm so glad I got it for him too, I was unsure until my friend was like "will he wear it?" and my answer was "well, I'll make him wear it" haha. :rotfl:

DisneyJo said:
It looks like you're having an amazing trip

This trip was really great! And our first day was amazing!

nilla said:
Awesome fireworks photos!

Thanks! I actually think Kenny took these! But I'll let him know everyone appreciates his firework photo skills.

Grumpy's Wife · Jul 21, 2016

Congratulations on your graduation! What a great way to celebrate.

kadrachb · Jul 25, 2016

Grumpy's Wife said:
Congratulations on your graduation! What a great way to celebrate.

Thank you!

Saphire5742 · Jul 25, 2016

Your character pics from 1900 are so cute and sounds like you had some great interactions.
Although I don't recall the lime chicken, the ravioli, or the salmon with avocado or I would surely have gotten them. Oh, why didn't I notice???? or maybe they weren't available when i was there?

kadrachb said:
And yes, if you were wondering what Kenny's shirt says, it's: My favorite disney princess is my girlfriend.
And yes, I did buy it for him for christmas.
And yes, I did make him wear it.

I did notice the shirt and I thought "very clever and wise for him to wear it" . But now that I know that it was you who selected and made him wear it.... :cutie:

It still is the best Disney "couple" shirt I've seen.

kadrachb said:
When she saw my top, she got very excited! Actually started to recite the lyrics to the song! It was a very neat interaction, probably one of the best of the trip, next to the one with Tiana and Naveen. She ended up asking us “Whats a fire, and why does it burn?” And my answer was just: “Because it’s…. fire?”, the character attendant laughed and told me it was a good answer!

Ariel is a fun interaction. And I love your answer by the way

kadrachb said:
I got an adorable graduation Minnie plush (it’s so cute!), and I got my mom a navy blue hat with a embroider Minnie bow on it.

So adorable!

kadrachb · Jul 26, 2016

Saphire5742 said:
I did notice the shirt and I thought "very clever and wise for him to wear it" . But now that I know that it was you who selected and made him wear it....
It still is the best Disney "couple" shirt I've seen.

I mean he didn't fight it, but when he unwrapped it at christmas I can say it probably wasn't his absolute favorite gift!
I also just kind of "reminded" him to wear it, :laughing:

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Saphire5742 said:
Ariel is a fun interaction. And I love your answer by the way

Ariel is a favorite character of mine! Especially in the Grotto, I think at meals sometimes she can be flighty.

chunkymonkey · Jul 26, 2016

Glad you finally made it over to MK. Goodness knows I've been stuck on monorails one too many times too.
Cute pics with Ariel! And yay for getting all the FP+! You're lucky they started allowing you to make them on the phone. I can't stand going to the kiosks!
Love the fireworks!

kadrachb · Jul 28, 2016

An Early Morning in Epcot – Day 2 Part 1

Our first Epcot Day! Actually, there was EMH starting at 8am, but we didn’t get there until 8:30am. The only reason we wanted to get there so early was to meet Joy and Sadness. Kenny and I both really liked the movie, so I was very excited there was a new meet and greet! So we headed over on the monorail…

By the time we got through the gate, the line for the meet greet was already about 20 minutes long, and so we saw them around 9:20am…

After meeting two of our favorite emotions (I really wish they’d add all the others though!) We decided to jump in line to meet Baymax, which even though the line looks long it moves quite fast.

We then headed over to The Seas with Nemo and Friends – which is one of my favorites at Epcot! After the ride, we walked around the aquarium and caught the back end of the Manatee presentation. I never knew some of things about manatees – especially how curious they are! Afterwards we headed downstairs to watch them some more, then headed outside, but before seeing Mickey & friends, we stopped for a picture in front of The Seas…

We then got to meet Mickey using our FP+ –

Then headed over to see Goofy –

Last, but not least, Minnie! I even wore my retro Minnie bow today, which she was very excited about!

By this time it was 11:30am, so we decided to head over to the World Showcase… but not before one more picture!

Oops - my eyes were closed! The sun actually came out right as they took the picture and was in my eyes!

We started in Mexico – and walked through the mini-orchid garden. While I love orchids, my mom and I can never get them to grow! They always just end up losing their blossoms and never blooming, then die.

We didn’t head inside the pavilion, we went last year and I really wanted to make it in time for Mulan’s meet and greet.

We also stopped by the Norway pavilion, but since it was still heavily under construction there wasn’t a ton to see or do. But we did get some pictures...

Even Sven joined us!

Then off to China! We were a little early for our Mulan meet and greet so we went through the gift shops – and I got a really cute cat charm with a bell (so when I shake my purse I know my keys are there).

We also took some pictures…

Then we waited for Mulan, we met a nice British family who was in front of us too! But we were second in line so it wasn’t that long of a wait…

This was actually just two days before they changed her meet and greet outfit! I was slightly disappointed when I got home and we didn't get to see the new one.

And then we headed off to the Germany pavilion! We wanted to meet Snow White, but once we got there we found out she wasn’t coming out for her 12:30pm meet and greet, so we settled for a picture in front of the well instead.

Up next: Lunch at Biergarten and our night at Epcot!

DisneyJo · Jul 29, 2016

Very cute character meets :goodvibes

NJlauren · Jul 30, 2016

UGH! I don't even think I have checked in yet! SO I AM HERE! And all caught up!

kadrachb said:
I waited for Dunkin Donuts to open, got an iced coffee and a muffin and read a little...

Then it was time to board! I was A30, Kenny was just waking up and texting me.

I landed by 8:30am, and was on Magical Express around 8:50!

Thats a way tot start a moring!

kadrachb said:
Once boarding DME, I had to wait about 30 minutes, which wasn’t bad.

UGH! 30 min! This is the reason i hate DME! When its just me and DH its fine but with DD 30 mins on a bus after a flight... yeah horrible, for me and everyone else on DME

kadrachb said:
To end the post… I’ll leave you with some views from our room!

Love!

kadrachb said:
For a first dinner at Disney, Raglan Road hit it out of the park for us! Both dishes were delicious, and I’d recommend them to anyone.

YUM looks good!

kadrachb said:
Also, we found an apartment we LOVE! It's in Rockville (the part they are now trying to call North Bethesda), and it's in a high rise building – I just finished applying so hopefully we’ll hear soon! The only downside (next to rent) is that it isn’t available until 8/30, and I start classes on 8/29. But, we’ll work it out! If we get it, that is.

So nice! I don't know the area well, but i know Bethesda a little bit, my company owns some office buildings in that area... any update?

kadrachb said:
To start off our first day, where else would we head to other than Magic Kingdom?! I have to say, staring out at the Castle from the lounge while eating breakfast especially hyped up the morning!

Great way to start the morning thats for sure!

kadrachb said:
Afterwards, it was Monster’s Inc. Laugh floor! I think my favorites are Mac and Cheese, and I would never want to skip this attraction! I think it gets overlooked, but I’m such a fan of Monster’s Inc.

I also LOVE this attraction, so funny, i crack up every time!

kadrachb said:
but I was disappointed because I was wearing my Ariel bow and tank!

booooo

kadrachb said:
And yes, if you were wondering what Kenny's shirt says, it's: My favorite disney princess is my girlfriend.
And yes, I did buy it for him for christmas.
And yes, I did make him wear it.

LOVE

kadrachb said:

It looks like its night time in the picture to me... no idea way!

Great start to your trip looking forward to hearing more!

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